GALAEI expands board, initiatives
The Gay and Lesbian Latino AIDS Education Initiative is branching out for several new efforts to raise awareness about safe sex and HIV prevention...
LGBT tourism effort marks 10 years with new commercial
Philadelphia broke ground nearly a decade ago when it became the first U. S. city to air a television commercial specifically aimed at...
News Briefing
No state training for Haverford panel More than two years after the creation of Haverford Township’s LGBT-inclusive human-relations ordinance, members of a panel that...
Gayborhood Crime Watch
The following incidents in the Midtown Village and Washington Square West areas were reported to the Sixth Police District between Dec. 13-19....
Penn event cancelled amid community concerns
The opening event for an online archive about the local transgender community has been postponed after trans women and allies expressed concerns about the community's...
News Briefing
Litigant continues marriage-equality challenge Antigay activist James D. Schneller still wants to intervene in a federal marriage-equality lawsuit filed by the...
Judge John E. Jones 3d
While the 25 plaintiffs in Whitewood v. Wolf led the way for countless other Pennsylvania couples, another figurehead in this fight was...
Out green expert to head PHS
As a child growing up in Ohio, Drew Becher would cut the grass, plant flowers and pull up weeds — not as a punishment...
Arguments moved up in Philadelphia couple’s marriage case
A judge agreed late last month to move up oral arguments in one of several pending challenges to Pennsylvania’s ban on marriage equality. ...
Gayborhood Crime Watch
Gayborhood Crime Watch The following incidents in the Midtown Village and Washington Square West areas were reported to the 6th Police District between...
New event launches at North Shore
A new event launched this week, meant to keep Monday nights hot and partiers cool. Party promoter Josh Schonewolf will...
‘Nova student wins LGBT recognition, award
Out of a competitive applicant pool, an annual scholarship provided by two local LGBT agencies was awarded to a Villanova University student last week....
Activists blast Scouts; job-application form
Civil-rights activists are speaking out against a job-application form issued by the national Boy Scouts of America organization that excludes atheists and “known or...
D.A.’s Office files brief in Morris case
The Philadelphia District Attorney’s Office filed a legal brief this week in response to PGN’s request for an unredacted dispatch record relating to the...
Nellie Fitzpatrick named city’s new LGBT director
Mayor Michael Nutter has announced that the District Attorney’s LGBT liaison has been chosen to succeed the late Gloria Casarez as the new director of...
News Briefing
Progressives gather in Harrisburg The first-ever statewide conference for Pennsylvanians committed to grassroots progressive activism will be held Jan. 29-30 at...
City Hall recognizes LGBT homeless youth
Youth advocates came together this week at City Hall to draw attention to the epidemic of homelessness among LGBT young people. ...
Priest, teacher convicted in abuse case
A jury this week delivered guilty verdicts in the sex-abuse cases against an Archdiocesan priest and a former teacher. After four...
LGBT biz protections coming
A loophole in the city’s nondiscrimination law that could expose LGBT business owners to antigay bias may be closed later this year. ...
Mazzoni pays tribute to women at Elixir
Mazzoni Center will celebrate the “leading ladies” in the LGBT health community at next week’s annual Elixir fundraiser. Elixir, which will take...
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